Microsoft shares their hardware recommendations for gaming PCs at any budget

Microsoft recently published a blog post on optimizing gaming rigs for better performance. It outlines recommended hardware ...

I tested Samsung's fastest portable SSD for work and travel, and it's changed how I transfer data

Samsung's T9 SSD offers up to 4TB of storage and transfer speeds of up to 20Gbps - in an form factor that you just can't hate.
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The State of PC Gaming in 2025: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Why It Still Matters

A year-end reflection on the state of PC gaming in 2025, exploring its biggest wins, frustrations, and why the platform still ...

Windows 11 on Arm + Snapdragon X: Gaming, the Final Frontier ⭐

Windows 11 on Arm has come a long way, baby, thanks largely to Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X chips. But there's still one ...

'Give us the chip. Give us the RAM. Let us have our fun. Let us go nuts': Sapphire's PC gaming evangelist wants AMD 'to get out of the way' when it comes to designing g…

'I personally wish they would let us be the companies we are in, instead of trying to create the mold.' ...

Microsoft's new guide to PC gaming hardware is very slightly more useful than you might expect but oddly has never heard of upscaling

Microsoft goes on to explain that you should, "pair your GPU with your monitor’s refresh rate. If your monitor tops out at ...

How to turn your Raspberry Pi into the ultimate chess trainer

Picochess is a chess program for the Raspberry Pi that you can use to carry out analyses, train openings, and master games.

The fastest portable SSD I've used is also the smallest (and it's not even close)

Samsung's T9 SSD offers up to 4TB of storage with transfer speeds of up to 20Gbps - in an ultraportable form factor.
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I Installed Bazzite To Get Rid of Windows, But I Came Crawling Back

I installed Bazzite for a console-like Steam Game Mode PC. It’s brilliant… until NVIDIA drivers, 4K glitches, and the Proton ...